Natalia Sergeyevna Shliakhtenko (, also transliterated as Natalya Shlyakhtenko; born 7 July 1987) is a Russian professional triathlete, Master of Sport, and reserve member of the National Team.. Retrieved 5 December 2009.
Russian Competitions In Russia, Shliakhtenko had her definite breakthrough in the year 2004 when she won the Junior Championships.See http://www.saratovsport.ru/index.php?mod=news&action=view&cid=17&aid=297. Retrieved 24 January 2011. In 2005 again, she won the Junior Championships and also the team competition of the University Championships for her university, the State Technological and Design University of St. Petersburg (), finishing in the second place in the individual ranking. In the subsequent year, she took part in the First Summer Spartakiad of the Russian Youth (Первая Летняя Спартакиада молодежи России) held in Khanty-Mansiysk on 2 August 2006, and won the gold medal in triathlon.See http://www.ftr.org.ru/spart06%20dev.htm. Retrieved 28 May 2010. For this great success she was included into a ministerial list of some 600 meritorious young sportsmen and sportswomen to be granted 60,000 rubles each. In this list, however, a state-run elite sports school (Государственное учреждение среднего профессионального образования «Санкт-Петербургское училище олимпийского резерва № 1», г. Санкт-Петербургa) is given as Natalia Shliakhtenko's institution, not the Technological University for which she won gold in the previous year.See http://mon.gov.ru/pro/pnpo/tal/253-1.doc. Retrieved 28 May 2010. In the years 2008/09 and 2009/10, Shliakhtenko also won the swimming championship (50m) of her university.See . Retrieved 17 May 2010.
At the Russian Championships of the year 2009 in Penza she represented her St. Petersburg club DinamoCf. http://www.dynamo.su/sportsman/group_40/1149. Retrieved 18 December 2010. and placed third in the U23 Sprint and fourth in the U23 competition on the Olympic Distance. In the team ranking, however, she placed fourth in the Elite category. According to the Russian Triathlon Federation's ranking of the year 2009 she was number 7 among all Russian female elite triathletesSee . Retrieved 21 February 2010. and placed fifth in the Russian Cup, sharing this position with Yevgeniya Sukhoruchenkova.See . Retrieved 21 February 2010. In the same year, she was conferred upon the prestigious title Master of Sports ()See . Retrieved 17 April 2010. and had almost won two medals at two Asian Cup triathlons, which, however, were not competitive since in Kokshetau, for instance, apart from Shliakhtenko there were only four female competitors, one from Ukraine (Inna Tsyganok placing 1st) and three from Russia.See http://www.triathlon.org/results/results/2009_kokshetau_itu_triathlon_asian_cup/3643/. Retrieved 5 December 2009.
In 2009 Shliakhtenko also won the silver medal at the World Police and Fire Games in Canada (8 August 2009) representing the Russian Home Affairs Ministry.See . Retrieved 27 April 2010.
At the Russian Triathlon Championships of the year 2010 she won the U23 bronze medal on the Olympic Distance behind Burova and Mariya Shorets,See . Retrieved 15 June 2010. in the Elite Russian Cup ranking she placed second although she took part in only two of the seven events,See . Retrieved 16 January 2011. and she was no. 7 in the overall female ranking (Рейтинг).See http://www.ftr.org.ru/reiting2010%282%29.htm . Retrieved 18 April 2011.
At the Russian Elite Aquathlon Championships 2011, Shliakhtenko placed 6th.See . Retrieved 2 May 2011.
At the World Police and Fire Games 2011 in New York, Shliakhtenko again represented the Russian Home Affairs Ministry as a Senior Police Sergeant (старший сержант полици) and won 10 medals in various swimming and running disciplines.Cf. http://pda.mvd.ru/presscenter/interview/minister/show_97677 and http://2011wpfg.org/ . Retrieved 9 October 2011.
French Club Championship Series In 2010, like the Ukrainian triathlete Inna Tsyganok, Shliakhtenko represented Stade Poitevin TriathlonSee http://www.stadepoitevin-triathlon.com/index.php?page_id=10844 . Retrieved 18 April 2010. at the prestigious French Club Championship Series Lyonnaise des Eaux. At the first triathlon of this circuit at Dunkirk (23 May 2010), Shliakhtenko placed 38th and, as her club's second best runner, she was among the three , all of whom were foreign guest stars: Felicity Sheedy Ryan (Australia, 22nd), Shliakhtenko (Russia, 38th) and Holly Lawrence (Great Britain, 49th).See http://www.ipitos.com/de-resultats/course-132 . Retrieved 28 May 2010. Nevertheless, the club's president, Bruno Grignard, was discontented.See http://www.lanouvellerepublique.fr/vienne/SPORT/Autres-Sports/LE-STADE-PEUT-MIEUX-FAIRE. Retrieved 28 May 2010.
At the Grand Prix triathlon in Paris Shliakhtenko placed 24th.See http://www.ipitos.com/de-resultats/course-145-epreuve-439. Retrieved 22 December 2010.
In 2011, Shlyakhtenko is not part of Stade Poitevin Triathlon any longer.See http://www.stadepoitevin-triathlon.com/index.php?page_id=10844 . Retrieved 2 May 2011. At the Triathlon de Dunkerque (22 May 2011), however, she again represented Stade Poitevin replacing Holly Lawrence although Shlyakhtenko's name does not appear in the official start list.Official Start List: Lancereau, Sheedy-Ryan, Tsyganok, Holly Lawrence, Leroux. See . Retrieved 2 May 2011. Shlyakhtenko placed 33rd in the individual ranking.
ITU Competitions In the eight years from 2003 to 2010, Shliakhtenko took part in 17 ITU competitions and achieved 6 top ten positions.
Natalia's sisters Galina, who is also a well known free diverSee http://apnea.cz/ranking.html?DNF+F+md:best#. Retrieved 24 November 2010. and the Russian 2010 free diving silver medalist,See http://diveforum.spb.ru/viewtopic.php?p=106911. Retrieved 24 January 2011. and Tanya placed 19th and 26th at the same triathlon in Alanya.
Unless indicated otherwise, all the following events are triathlons (Olympic Distance) and belong to the Elite category.See http://archive.triathlon.org/zpg/zresults-ath-dtl.php?id=NDY5MA==. Retrieved 18 April 2011.
Date ITU Competition Place Rank 2003-10-22 European Cup Alanya 22 2004-10-27 European CupThis competition is missing in the ITU lists of all participating athletes, though it may be found in this hidden place: . Retrieved 2 May 2010. Alanya 16 2005-07-23 European Championships (Junior)The European Championships of 2005 in Alexandroupoli(s) are not indicated in any of the Profile Pages of the participating triathletes, though it can be found e.g. on this hidden page: . Retrieved on 5 December 2009. Alexandroupoli(s) 41 2005-10-26 Premium European Cup Alanya 27 2006-06-23 European Championships (Junior) Autun 29 2006-09-02 World Championships (Junior) Lausanne 38 2006-10-18 European Cup (Junior) Alanya 1 2007-07-21 European Championships (U23) Kuopio 19 2007-07-21 European Championships (U23): Women Team Relay Kuopio 4 2007-10-24 Premium European Cup Alanya 23 2008-06-28 9th University World Championships (Elite) Erdek 26 2008-10-26 Premium European Cup Alanya 10 2009-07-05 Premium Asia Cup Burabay 5 2009-07-12 Asia Cup Kokshetau 4 2009-10-25 Premium European Cup Alanya 12 2010-04-11 European CupFor four of the seven female Russian participants this very first European Cup of the year 2010 turned out to be unhappy. Yevgeniya Sukhoruchenkova placed 32nd after a bike accident and three elite triathletes were disqualified: Olga Dmitrieva, who would have won the silver medal, because she had used a wheel tyre of another team, and Alexandra Razaryonova (Razarenova) and Natalia Shliakhtenko because of some misunderstanding concerning the penalty box. Cf. http://www.federacao-triatlo.pt/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=691&Itemid=1 and http://www.ftr.org.ru/n203.htm. Retrieved 18 May 2010. Quarteira DSQ 2010-10-24 Premium European Cup Alanya 9 2011-04-03 European Cup Antalya 25
External links
Russian Triathlon Confederation ITU Profile Page
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